Pin-tongue for breastpins



(No Model.)

L. DREYPUS. PIN TONGUE FOR BRBASTPINS.

Patented Aug. 10, 1886.

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UNITED STATES PATENT @rrrca.

LEON DREYFUS, OF NEWV ORLEANS, LOUISIANA.

PIN-TONGUE FOIR BREASTPINS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 347,289, dated August10, 1886.

Anplicatim filed August 1, 1885. Serial No. 173,208. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, LEON DREYFUS, of New Orleans, in the parish ofOrleans and State of Louisiana, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Pin-Tongues for Breast- Pins, of which the following isa specification.

One of the objections to the common pintongues of breastpins is thatthey are bent easily by use, and lose thereby the required elasticity.

The object of this invention is-to overcome this defect by a very simplealteration in the shape of the cross-section of the pintongne; and theinvention consists of a pin-tongue for breast and other pins, the shankof which has a flattened part adjacent to the hinge end of said pin, themajor axis of the flattened part being at right angles with the plane ofthe body of the pin, and said flattened part extending almost to thehinge end of the pin-tongue, which hinge end is round, and thus hassufficient surface for attaching the hinge-eye.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 represents a side elevation of myimproved pin tongue for breastpins. Figs. 2 and 3 are verticaltransverse sections of the same, drawn on a larger scale, respectively,on lines 00 m and y y, Fig. 1.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

In the drawings, the breast, safety, or other pin, and B the pintongueof the same,which is applied by a hingejoint, 0, of any approvedconstruction, to the body A. The shank B of the pin-tongue B nextadjoining the hinge-joint is not made of round cross section, as the endof the pintongue, but pressed into flat shape by means of dies, as shownin Figs. 1 and 3, so that the cross-section of the shank is widened in aplane at right angles to the body of the pin, or, in other words, insuch a manner that the major axis of the cross-section of the widenedpart is at right angles to the body of the pin. By compressing the shankof the pin-tongue B the material composing the same is compacted,

A represents the body of v and also the cross-section of the samechanged, so that it is capable of resisting an increased strain andexerting a greater degree of springtension.

Pin tongues of this construction possess greater strength and durabilitythan the pintongues with round crosssections heretofore in use, and areless liable to bend or break at their shanks.

The advantage of forming a flattened part in pin-tongues, the major axisof which flattened part is at right angles to the plane of the body ofthe pin-tongue, is as follows: By forming a pin-tongue in the manner setforth it is stiffened, and has more spring-tension in the direction inwhich the point of the pin is bent for the purpose of passing it underthe hook. At the same time the flexibility of the pintongue is notdecreased. As the flattened part is only provided adjacent to the hingeend of the tongue, the flattened part does not extend to the end of thetongue, but, as shown in the drawings,stops a short distance from thesame, so that the hinge-eye that is fastened to the pin-tongue can besecured on the round end part of the pin-tongue. This permits thefastening ofthe said hinge-eye very securely to the tongue.

Having thus described my invention, I claim I as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent A pin-tongue for breast and other pins, theshank of which has a flattened part adjacent to the hinge end of saidpin, the major axis being at right angles to the plane of the body ofthe pin, and said flattened part extending almost to the hinge end ofthe pin tongue, which hinge end is round, and thus has sufficientsurface for attaching the hinge-eye, substantially as set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention I have signed myname in presence of two subscribing witnessses.

LEON DREYFUS.

